Stock-waterer



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STOCK WATERER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. l9l9.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

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APPLICATION FIL-ED SEPT. 4 1919.

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PETER PAULsEN, or SCHLESWIG, IOWA.

STOCK-WATERER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 4, 1919. Serial No. 321,517.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER PAULSEN, a citizen of the Unitedl States,residing in Schleswig, in the county of Crawford and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Waterers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to stock waterers in which a rotary reservoir ortank is mounted to turn about a horizontal axis within a casing which isheated to prevent water. in the reservoir from freezing during freezingweather, and which delivers to a drinking trough in the lower part ofthe casing towhich access is had through suitable openings in the sidesof the casing.

The object of the invention is to; provide. a stock waterer of thisclass in which the reservoir may be filled without providing a specialfilling opening in the cover and without entirely removing the cover orlifting it to a vertical position.

A further .object of the invention is to to construct a stock waterer ofthis class in such manner that the reservoir maybe easily turned fromfeeding to filling position and vice versa without detaching the hoodsor shields usually employed to protect the openings in the sides .of thecasing through which access is had to the drinking trough. Otherfeatures of my invention will be hereinafter described.

In my U. S. Patent No. 1,312,350 of Aug. 5, 1919, I have shown a stockwaterer of the general kind above referred to. My present invention,however, contains a somewhat different organization of parts of theapparatus.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stockwaterer embodying my invention.

Fig. 2shows a vertical section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 shows a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l, the reservoirbeing in feeding position.

Figa shows a vertical section of the waterer with the reservoir infilling position.

The casing A of the waterer has a lower portion a which is of generalrectangular shape, and an upper portion b which 1s conveX orsemi-cylindrical. The upper portion of the casing is, however, acontinuation of the lower portion and is not a separate element. It hasno movement relatively thereto, the sides of the upper and lower partsbeing formed of continuous pieces ofmetal. The upper part is, however,provided with a sliding door C which operates in guides c. The door isprovided with a handle D by which it may be operated. Lamps E are placedin the lower part of the casing and these lamps may be inserted orremoved. through a door F provided with a latch G indicates a drinkingtrough in the lower part ofthe casing, and H indicates an openingthrough which access may be had by l animals to the trough.

L indicates a cylindrical water receptacle or reservoir mounted to turnabout a horizontal yaXis. The shaft Z of the reservoir is supported bybraces M which are preferably made of angle iron and which are attachedto the sides of the casing in themanner indicated. These braces crosseach other and the shaft Z rests at the angle formed between the braces,as clearly indicated in Figs. 3` and 4 so that while the reservoir isproperly supported and may be turned it can be readily lifted out of thecasing or replaced therein when desired. The lower ends of the crossbraces M rest on horizontal braces N which also serve to support thedrinking trough.

The reservoir L is filled and emptied through an opening 10 in itsperiphery.`

This opening is surrounded by a hood 1l, which is divided into twochambers by a partition or diaphragm 12. The inner chamber communicatesdirectly with the reservoir through the opening 10. The partition 12 isprovided with an opening 14: which when the reservoir is in illingposition allows water, supplied to the outer chamber to pass to theinner chamber, and thence to the reservoir. The other opening isprovided with a short pipe 15 which extends through the partition intothe inner chamber and into the outer portion of the outer chamber. Thispipe serves to transmit air passing from the reservoir outward throughthe opening 10. It will beobserved that the outer end of the pipe 15 isabove any water level which might be produced in the outer chamber sothat air will at all times freely pass through it. The hood is closed,as clearly indicated in the drawing, and the outer wall of the hood isspaced from the periphery of the reservoir in such manner that it doesnot come into contact with the Patented Dee. 3o, 1919.

hood or shield H when the reservoir is being turned from feeding tofilling posi# tion or vice versa. The construction just described issimilar to that shown in my patent before mentioned. The reservoir isheld in the filling position shown in Fig. 4

by a hook P, supported by a horizontal rod Q Which is attached by nutsor burs tothe sides of the casing, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The hook P engages a loop R attached to the hood 1l. When the reservoiris filled the hook may be disengaged, and then the reservoir may beallowed to turn to the position shown in Fig. 3.

Further description of the construction and operation of the apparatusis unnecessary in view of the fact that many of the parts are similar tothose shown in my patent above mentioned, but it should be observed thatin this case there is no hinged lid for the casing, a curved slidingdoor being employed to open and close the casing. It will be observedthat the shaft of the reservoir is supported by brace rods within thecasing which not only serves to support the reservoir but also tostiffen and strengthen the casing. It will also be observed that thedevice for holding the reservoir in filling position is Withinconvenient reach of the attendant and may be easily operated.

I claim as my invention z l. A stock Waterer, comprising a casing havinga closed back portion and side portions extending from bottom to top ofthe casing and having curved upper ends, a curved sliding door forclosing the casing at the top and at the front of the upper portion, areservoir Within the casing having its upper portion above the lower end`of the door, a hook-supporting rod extending across' the casing in rearof the front portion of the door, and a hook supported by the rod forholding the reservoir in filling position.

2. A, stock Waterer, comprising a casing having a curved top, acurvedsliding door in the top of the casing, a trough, horizontally arrangedbrace bars supporting the trough and crossed brace bars connected withsaid horizontal bars and extending to the upper portion of the casing, acylindrical reservoir, and a shaft for the reservoir supported by thecrossed braces`- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed myname.

PETER PALsEN.

